Category: Geek stuff
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Ask The Magic 8 Ball – Will I need the RunPee app during Avengers Endgame?
Avengers: Endgame is confirmed as over THREE bladder bursting hours long — and every report says you won’t want to miss a single second of it — not even during the credits. Trust the Magic 8 Ball to prophesize if you’ll need the RunPee app: RunPee will absolutely have Peetimes opening night, and your bladder…
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Marvel Phase 4 Predictions – Some MCU Sure-Fire Guesses
While Marvel isn’t confirming which films will be filling which dates in Phase 4 until after Avengers: Endgame hits theaters, there are some things we do know. Black Widow’s stand-alone film will be one of them. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will also be one, but it will be a few years away. The…
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Pi Day Movies – The Best Math or Pie Films to Watch on March 14
Mid-march, three unusual holidays rear their heads for movie rewatch fun: Pi Day, The Ides of March, and St Patrick’s Day. It all starts on March 13 with Pi Day. That’s the 14th day of the third month: 3.14. If you pay enough attention, you can even celebrate Pi Minutes and Pi Seconds. (1:59:26 comes…
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Chris Pratt and the Lego Cast go to Space Camp
This adorable spoof of a reality show about which Lego actor gets to become a space-person is really cute/interesting/funny. Something we at RunPee find continually amusing is how RunPee Dan used to work at Space Camp, and RunPee Jilly worked at Astro Camp, both in the days of our youth. Sometimes geekland is a small…
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Iconic Cars From Movies – Walmart Crafts A Winning Superbowl Commercial
It’s crazy, but the Superbowl commercial of the day goes to….Walmart. Walmart! I know! Whodathunk? I need to make some screen captures, but you can do for now with the below video of the all-out effort made to include beloved, iconic, and a few harder-to-spot cool cars from many movies and TV shows, over many…
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Quotes Quiz – Movies with Groundhogs Day Themes
A Groundhog Day Movie repeats the same day over and over (and over) until the main character gets it “right.” Basically the person trapped in the time loop needs to use science/magic (or something never actually explained) to ‘level up’ to the next day, and continue their lives. Seen any good movies like that? There’s…
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RunPee and the 2019 Oscars – Predictions for the 2018 Movie Awards
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in Actor News, Animated, Blockbuster, DC, Director News, Drama, Geek stuff, Indie and vintage films, Limited release, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel not MCU, Movie Analysis, Movie awards, Movie News, Movie Opinions and Lists, Opinion, Remakes and Reboots, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels and Prequels, Soundtracks and Movie Music, Superheroes, ThrillerThe 2019 Oscar nominees will be announced on Tuesday, January 22. It has been a wild awards season full of uncertainty, surprises, upsets, and scandal. The nominations from the 2018 movies may bring their own share of upsets and surprises. Here are my predictions for what Tuesday morning will bring. (NOTE: All links go to…
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Virgin Movie Review – 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is a sweet little film that flew under my radar until last night. When my mother DVRed it (and subsequent sequel 22 Jump Street) to her TV for our movie night, I was confused. Wasn’t this a TV show? A cop procedural from the 80s? She promised me it was definitely a…
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Why You Need to Care About Carol Danvers – Captain Marvel Facts and Film Updates
Have you noticed the Captain Marvel trailers dropping for the upcoming March 8, 2019 film, set within the (admittedly large and dense) Marvel Cinematic Universe? There’s a lot of speculation on who exactly Ms. Marvel is, how she’s going to fit into the Avengers ongoing storyline, why the movie will be set in the past,…
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Waking up to Deadpool – Lyrics and Opening Scene from Angel of the Morning
I’m not a morning person. That’s why I keep my Alexa unit close to the bed, so I can shake off the cobwebs by playing Juice Newtown’s Angel of the Morning. It’s a soft, gentle, sweet song that wonderfully belies the gristly hilarious opening teaser for the the original film Deadpool. Each day I imagine…
